Example goal
tell me when "effective date" appears
Watch www.federalregister.gov · selected text: Documents
P1 · Legal / regulatory
Policy, terms, and regulation-update alerts
Policy pages get cosmetic edits constantly. You care when an effective date or obligation appears.
1. Sample page you would watch
Live capture of www.federalregister.gov with the extension. Hover or click to enlarge.
Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/
2. How you create this monitor
1. Open the public notice or terms URL
Use the canonical HTML page, not a personalized portal.
2. Select a stable heading
Headings and “effective date” language make better anchors than footers.
3. Write the policy goal
tell me when “effective date” appears, or when “final rule” appears.
4. Review the excerpt before you act
Evidence-first alerts are meant for counsel, not for screenshot theater.
The New monitor form filled with this example:
3. What this alert looks like
In PulseNotice, after the goal is newly true:
The email you would receive: